alexandra coghlan
Bio
Alexandra is the classical music critic of the New Statesman, and has written on arts for The Times, The Independent, The Guardian, Prospect, Gramophone, Opera Now, The Oxford Times and The Monthly. She was formerly Performing Arts Editor at Time Out, Sydney. She writes about classical music, theatre and film for theartsdesk.
Articles By Alexandra Coghlan
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CD: Hot Chip - Bath Full of Ecstasy
19 years, seven albums and untold side projects into their career, Hot Chip have for the first time enlisted outside producers: Rodaidh McDonald...
Citysong, Soho Theatre review - big writing, big heart
Irish playwright Dylan Coburn Gray's new play won the Verity Bargate Award in 2017, and his reward is a fine production of this beautifully...
Years and Years, Series Finale, BBC One review - soggy endin...
As Russell T Davies’s doomsday odyssey reached its endgame...
Ackley Bridge, Series 3, Channel 4 review - we gotta get out...
In the Yorkshire town of Ackley Bridge, education is like...
Thatcher: A Very British Revolution, Finale, BBC Two review...
The surprisingly touching conclusion to BBC Two...
Hansel and Gretel, ENO, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre...
Shoving a child-eating drag-queen witch into an oven can't be good for any kid's psyche. Director Timothy Sheader doesn't let us forget it in a...
Napoli, Brooklyn, Park Theatre review - lacking substance
According to their mother, Luda (played by Madeleine Worrall, pictured below), each of the three sisters (pictured top...
Blu-ray: Dazed and Confused
I’m sure there’s an anthropologist out there writing a thesis on American...
Goodyear, Chineke! Orchestra, Marshall, Symphony Hall, Birmi...
Having played their first concert just four years ago, the Chineke! Orchestra gave a rousing, exuberant performance for an...
Frank Skinner, Leicester Square Theatre - mixing some acid w...
Frank Skinner walks onstage without introduction...